Pirie, Norman Wingate (1907-1997) biochemist and virologist, known as Bill

Pirie was Demonstrator in the Cambridge Biochemical Laboratory, 1932-1940 and Virus Physiologist, 1940-1946 and Head of Biochemistry Department, 1947-1973, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire. His wife Antoinette (née Patey) ,whom he married in 1931, was a distinguished biochemist specialising in eye research.